Taraneh Borbor

[ 1 ] - Unhomeliness and Hybridity in V. S. Naipaul’s Half a Life and Magic Seeds

In this study, the notions of homelessness and unhomeliness are studied in 2 novels by Naipaul: Half a Life (2001) and Magic Seeds (2004). Naipaul has been viewed by many postcolonial critics as an imperially complicit writer, for his controversial views of places and societies, particularly his disdain for non-Western societies. This study examines whether the imperatives of the postcolonial c...